Chapter 148: CHAPTER 148:A Knife Runs Through the Valley of God!
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"Kah kah!!!"
The ground beneath Kong's feet crumbled instantly, fracturing into countless fissures.
The terrain collapsed nearly ten meters deep, and Kong was nearly crushed beneath the sheer weight of Ayr's full-body Susanoo's fist.
The magnitude of force resembled the devastation once unleashed by Uchiha Madara himself.
"Ayr!!!"
A thunderous roar echoed through the Valley of the Gods.
An immense shockwave exploded from Kong's counterattack, sending Susanoo's massive fist recoiling upward.
Seizing the opportunity, Kong leapt out of the deep crater, landing heavily on the fractured landscape.
But his face was pale—his forehead drenched in cold sweat.
He had deflected the attack, yes… but only barely.
Only Kong himself understood how difficult it had been to resist that overwhelming blow.
"Tch… As expected of the World Government's highest military authority. Even a full-body Susanoo can't flatten you outright?" Ayr narrowed his eyes as he scrutinized Kong.
Susanoo in its complete form—especially a manifestation reinforced with Conqueror's Haki—had power capable of splitting mountains and razing entire islands.
It was a force few could resist.
But Ayr was still relatively new to this world, still adapting to its rules, power system, and limitations.
Though he could summon the full might of the Susanoo, it wasn't yet enough to dominate someone like Kong instantly.
Victory would take time—and effort.
After all, Kong had decades of combat experience under his belt.
"It's not that easy to beat me, Ayr!" Kong growled, steel in his voice.
"Really?"
Ayr's eyes grew colder.
Without another word, he manipulated his full-body Susanoo to draw the twin colossal katana sheathed at its waist.
The moment the swords were unsheathed, a suffocating pressure exploded outward.
Their raw power was overwhelming—infused with both spiritual energy and Conqueror's Haki.
This wasn't just weaponry.
This was a declaration of annihilation.
Now armed, the full-body Susanoo radiated an even darker, heavier aura—one that chilled the hearts of those watching.
"Let's see how long you can keep this up, Kong."
With that, Ayr brought both blades down in a monstrous double slash.
"BOOM!!!"
The sky itself screamed as the strike descended.
The shockwave tore through the heavens, slicing clean across the Valley of the Gods.
"Kah kah!!!"
Twin rifts erupted from the impact, stretching hundreds of meters across the battlefield.
The earth groaned and split.
The ocean itself receded from the force.
The slash carved a canyon into the island, and Marines were flung away like leaves in a hurricane.
"This… this power… it's inhuman!"
"He just cut through the Valley of the Gods like it was paper! What is this guy?!"
"He's no man… he's a devil in human skin!"
"Damn it… we should have ended Ayr when we had the chance! Now… now even Admiral Kong might not be able to beat him!"
Elite Marines, watching from the periphery, were paralyzed with terror.
They stared at the newly formed canyon—a scar left by a single swing from Susanoo's twin swords.
Many shivered, sweat pouring down their backs as they imagined what it would be like to be caught in such a strike.
Confidence in Kong's ability to win was rapidly eroding.
"Missed again?"
Ayr noticed that the massive twin slashes had razed the battlefield, but not Kong himself.
He had dodged again—barely.
"Ayr!!!"
A voice erupted behind him.
Kong had launched himself into the sky using Geppō—the Marine variant of Moonwalk.
He now hovered above Susanoo, at its vulnerable crown.
Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki coiled tightly around his fist.
All his power—his rage, his will—was concentrated into that one strike.
"BOOM!!!"
His fist landed on Susanoo's head with a detonation like a thunderclap.
Though Susanoo's defense was legendary, Kong's mastery of internal destruction—advanced Busoshoku Haki—allowed his punch to pierce through armor and attack the user from within.
Layered with Conqueror's Haki, the strike detonated with terrifying might.
Cracks exploded across Susanoo's skull.
"Yes! That's Kong Admiral!"
"He dodged Ayr's attack and countered perfectly!"
"Who was saying earlier that Kong might lose?! Look at him now!"
"Hahaha! There's no doubt—Kong is the strongest after all!"
Seeing Kong crack Susanoo's skull with one mighty punch, the Marines erupted into ecstatic cheers.
Their morale surged in an instant.
But that jubilation lasted mere seconds.
Because what happened next froze their blood.
"…It's recovering!?"
"No way… this has to be a trick!"
"Is this a nightmare?!"
Before their eyes, the massive fractures on Susanoo's head shimmered—and began to heal.
Within a second, the entire crown was completely restored, as though nothing had happened.
Kong's face darkened in midair.
"It can… regenerate?"
He had assumed the sneak attack would tilt the tide—if not end the battle.
But that hope was dashed instantly.
"The impact of your fist was impressive," Ayr remarked coldly, his voice echoing from within the Susanoo.
"But unfortunately… it wasn't enough to shatter me."
Had Kong's strike been just a bit more powerful—enough to fully destroy the head—he might've breached the Susanoo's defenses and reached Ayr himself.
At such close range, with Ayr's physical strength waning and his Haki all but depleted, Kong could've ended it.
But he hadn't.
Ayr had bought himself just enough time to reinforce the armor and recover.
It was a narrow escape—but it was enough.
Kong gritted his teeth in midair.
This fight was far from over.
Even now, he was hailed as the Marines' strongest force.
But Ayr, wielding otherworldly powers and hybrid techniques unknown to this world, was something else entirely.
He was a hybrid of Armament, Conqueror's Haki, and ancient chakra constructs—an anomaly not even Sengoku, Garp, or Tsuru had encountered.
No matter what… he couldn't be underestimated.
Ayr, without mercy, raised one katana.
"Let's finish this."
Susanoo slashed upward toward Kong.
And because Kong was suspended in the sky—his movement options limited—his trajectory had already been locked.
There was nowhere to run.
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